Capacity Standards for Within District Transfers and Option Enrollment

Power Point Presentations from October 13th Workshop

Sniffer Dog Procedure
 
The purpose of the District's use of trained drug dogs is to respond to the problem of illegal drugs and contraband on school property, and to maintain a safe school environment conducive to learning.  Drug dogs may be used to sniff the air in or around vacant classrooms, vacant common areas, student lockers, and automobiles parked on school property.  Drug dogs will not be used for random sweep searches of students, and will only be allowed to sniff an individual student if there is sufficient cause to believe that the student possesses illegal drugs or other contraband.

We have had the drug dog program in our schools since 1998.  We work with the Omaha Police Department and the Douglas County Sheriffs Department K-9 Unit.

The District Discipline Committee consists of principals and assistant principals who review the Standards for Student Conduct as well as other disciplinary issues or concerns. This committee meets on a monthly basis. All of the schools have a Violence Prevention Plan in place to help reduce the number of violent acts in their school.

Bullying and Harassment
Staff development on bullying and harassment
Presentations on bullying were provided in every school to increase awareness of the devastating effects of this behavior.
Reporting bullying and harassment
Every referral which alleged bullying or harassment was investigated by administrator(s).
Every proven allegation of bullying or harassment must be given a consequence.

The Millard Public Schools Crisis Response Team consists of trained counselors and school psychologists who respond to the deaths of students and staff members or other crisis situations that affect our school population. Services provided are tailored to the situation and may include making telephone calls to inform students and staff of a death or other crisis, assisting school administrators in planning the crisis response, meeting with students who are having difficulty handling the news, assisting teachers in their classrooms when discussing the situation, and supporting staff and students at funerals and visitations.

Training is provided each year for team members and they meet regularly to work on practice scenarios, have guest speakers and share information about previous crises. Several team members have been trained in Critical Incident Stress Debriefing which can help students and staff who have been directly involved in a traumatic situation. The team is on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week including summer months and responds to requests for their services from school administrators through the Director of Pupil Services.